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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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