MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and 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 institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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