MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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