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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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