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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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