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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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