MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|