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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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