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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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