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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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