MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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