MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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