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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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