MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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