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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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