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
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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