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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
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
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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