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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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