MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 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
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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