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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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