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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
major 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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