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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology enable
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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