MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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