MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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