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
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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