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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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