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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key 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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