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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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