MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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