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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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