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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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