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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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