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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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