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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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