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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also deals with 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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