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
book
which
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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