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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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