MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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