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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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