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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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