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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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