MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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