MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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