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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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