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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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