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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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