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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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