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.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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