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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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