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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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