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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended 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
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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