MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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