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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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