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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Aruba to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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