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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education have empowered
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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