MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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