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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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