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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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