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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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