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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gabon to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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