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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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