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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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