MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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