MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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