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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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