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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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