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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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