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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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