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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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