MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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