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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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