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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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