MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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