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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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