MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology enable
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because 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
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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