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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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