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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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