MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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