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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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