MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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