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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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