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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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