MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
elearning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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