MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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