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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important 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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