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 Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants 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
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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