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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Angola to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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