MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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