MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
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 stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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