MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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