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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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