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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are dealing 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 institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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