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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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