MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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