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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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