MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are considering
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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