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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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