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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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