MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iran to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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