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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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