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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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