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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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