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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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