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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major 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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