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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning enable
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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