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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key 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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