MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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