MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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