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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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