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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
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
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|