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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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