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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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