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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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