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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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