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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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