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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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