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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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