MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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