MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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