MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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