MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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