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
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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