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.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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