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.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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