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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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