MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
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 massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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