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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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