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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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