MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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