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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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