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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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