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.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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