MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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