MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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