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
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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