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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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