MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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