MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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