MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning 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 quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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