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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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