MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Libya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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