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.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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