MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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
book
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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