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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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