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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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