MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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