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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because 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 institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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