MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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