MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
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 organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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