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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
e-learning enable
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-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
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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