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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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