MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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