MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews 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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