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
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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