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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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