MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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