MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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