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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also talks about the
major 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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