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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|