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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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