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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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