MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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