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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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