MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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