MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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