MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
need for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important 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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