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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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