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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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