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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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