MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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