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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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