MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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