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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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