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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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