MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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