MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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