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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
learning technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Iran to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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