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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also investigates 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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