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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major 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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