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.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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