MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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