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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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