MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic educational technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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