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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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