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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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