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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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