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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|