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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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