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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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