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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greenland to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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