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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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