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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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