MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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