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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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