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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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