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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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