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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
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.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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