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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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