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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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