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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key 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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