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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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