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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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