MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates 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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