MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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