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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners 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 lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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