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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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