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.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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