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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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