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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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