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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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