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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online education are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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