MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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