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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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