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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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