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.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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