MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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