MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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