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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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