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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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