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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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 MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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