MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates 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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