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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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