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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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