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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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