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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Midway Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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