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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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