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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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