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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
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
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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