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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|