MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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