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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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