MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners 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.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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