MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key 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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