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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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