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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with 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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