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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are considering
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 institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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