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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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