MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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