MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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