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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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