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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates 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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