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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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