MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning enable
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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