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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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