MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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