MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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