MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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