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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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