MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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