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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Algeria to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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