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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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