MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Aland to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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