MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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