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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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