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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
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 MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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