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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
distance learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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