MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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