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.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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