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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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