MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
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 schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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