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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also discusses the
key 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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