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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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