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.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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