MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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