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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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