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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
People want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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