MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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