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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving 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
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mayotte to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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