MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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