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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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