MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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