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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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