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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
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 schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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