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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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