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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Macau to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
