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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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