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.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning have empowered
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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