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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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