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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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