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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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