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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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