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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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