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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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