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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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