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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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