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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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