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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that 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 organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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