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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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