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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Albania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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