MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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