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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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