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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices 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 problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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