MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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