MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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