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
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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