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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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