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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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