MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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