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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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