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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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