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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 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 participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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