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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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