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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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