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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are empowering
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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