MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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