MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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