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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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