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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle 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 education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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