MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
elearning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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