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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
elearning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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