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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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