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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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