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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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