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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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