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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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