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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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