MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation 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
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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