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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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