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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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