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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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