MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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