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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology enable
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Malaysia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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