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.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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