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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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