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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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