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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online education have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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