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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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