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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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