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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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