MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever 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 teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers 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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