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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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