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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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