MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that 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 educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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