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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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