MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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