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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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