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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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