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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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