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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online learning have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle 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 organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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