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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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