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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Chad to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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