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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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