MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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