MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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