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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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