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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students 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 a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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