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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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