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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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