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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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