MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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