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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning technology enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
