MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education make it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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