MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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