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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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