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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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