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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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