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 is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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