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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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