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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uzbekistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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