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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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