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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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