MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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