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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning have empowered
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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