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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
elearning make it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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