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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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