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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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