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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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