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.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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