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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are considering
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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