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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Chile to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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