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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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