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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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