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 Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
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.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Poland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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