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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses 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.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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