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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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