MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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