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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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