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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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