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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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