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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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