MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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