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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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