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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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