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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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