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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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