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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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