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.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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