MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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