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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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