MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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