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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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