MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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