MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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