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 Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Aland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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