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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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