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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
online learning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies 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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