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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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