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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open courses are
mostly 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 quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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