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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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