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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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