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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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