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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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