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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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