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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education enable
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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