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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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