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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also deals with the
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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