MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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