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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
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 education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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