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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
now that 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 stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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