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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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