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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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