MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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