MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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