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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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