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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-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
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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