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
which
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
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
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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