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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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