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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-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
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Niue to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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