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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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