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.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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