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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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