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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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