MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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