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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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