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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brunei to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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