MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students 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 many
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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