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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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