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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
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 lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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