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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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