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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Laos to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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