MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Montenegro to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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