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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
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.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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