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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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