MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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