MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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