MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
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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