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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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