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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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