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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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