MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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