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.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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