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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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