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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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