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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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