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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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