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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Students want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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