MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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