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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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