MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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