MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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