MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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