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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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