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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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