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
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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