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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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