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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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