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
book
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
People want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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