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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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