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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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