MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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