MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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