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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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