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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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