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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
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 massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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