MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malta to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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