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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mozambique to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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