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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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