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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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