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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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