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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students 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 several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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