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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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