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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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