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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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