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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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