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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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