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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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