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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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