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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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