MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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