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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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