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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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