MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Libya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important 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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