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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
elearning have enabled
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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