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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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