MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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