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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
online education are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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