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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
India to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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