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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal 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 quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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