MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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