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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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