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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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