MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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