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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Benin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
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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