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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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