MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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