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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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