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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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