MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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