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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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