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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that 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 institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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