MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines 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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