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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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