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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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