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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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