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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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