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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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