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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Oman to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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