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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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