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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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