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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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