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.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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