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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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